‘I reckon on him to conceal all the deficiencies in the children’s singing.’
‘He won’t desert you, as he did Mrs. Brownlow?’
‘O papa! you surely did not think him to blame in that affair?’
‘Honestly, Mary, if I thought about the matter at all, I thought it a pity he should go so much to the Brownlows.’
‘I believe I could tell you the history, if you thought it worth while; and though it may be gossip, I should like you to do justice to Sir Guy.’
‘Very well; though I don’t think there is much danger of my doing otherwise. I only wondered he should become intimate there at all.’
‘I believe Mrs. Edmonstone thinks it right he should see as much of the world as possible, and not be always at home in their own set.’
‘Fair and proper.’
‘You know she has shown him all the people she could,—had Eveleen staying there, and the Miss Nortons, and hunted him out to parties, when he had rather have been at home.’
‘I thought he was fond of society. I remember your telling me how amused you were with his enjoyment of his first ball.’